Broidered with gold, the Blue;
Mellowed with gold, the Gray.
So, when the summer calleth,
On forest and field of grain,
With an equal murmur falleth
The cooling drip of the rain;
Under the sod and the dew,
Waiting the judgment day;
Wet with the rain, the Blue;
Wet with the rain, the Gray.
Sadly, but not with upbraiding
The generous deed was done;
In the storm of the years that are fading,
No braver battle was won;

Under the sod and the dew,
Waiting the judgment day;
Under the blossoms, the Blue;
Under the garlands, the Gray.
No more shall the war-cry sever,
Or the winding rivers be red;
They banish our anger forever,

When they laurel the graves of our dead.
Under the sod and the dew,
Waiting the judgment day;
Love and tears for the Blue;
Tears and love for the Gray.

FRANCIS MILES FINCH.

THE TOURNAMENT.

I.

LISTS all white and blue in the skies;
And the people hurried amain

To the Tournament under the ladies' eyes
Where jousted Heart and Brain.

II.

Blow, herald, blow! There entered Heart,

A youth in crimson and gold.

Blow, herald, blow! Brain stood apart,
Steel-armored, glittering, cold.

III.

Heart's palfrey caracoled gayly round,
Heart tra-li-raed merrily;

But Brain sat still, with never a sound-~
Full cynical-calm was he.

IV.

Heart's helmet-crest bore favors three
From his lady's white hand caught;
Brain's casque was bare as Fact—not he
Or favor gave or sought.

V.

Blow, herald, blow! Heart shot a glance
To catch his lady's eye;

But Brain looked straight a-front, his lance
To aim more faithfully.

VI.

They charged, they struck; both fell, both bled;

Brain rose again, ungloved;

Heart fainting smiled, and softly said,

"My love to my Beloved!"

Heart and Brain! no more be twain;
Throb and think, one flesh again!
Lo! they weep, they turn, they run ;
Lo! they kiss: Love, thou art one!

SIDNEY LANIER.

The Battle of Charleston Harbor....

HICKOX, CHAUNCEY.

Killed at Fredericksburg.

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HOLMES, OLIVER WENDELL.

Brother Jonathan's Lament for Sister Caroline..

Never or Now.

Voyage of the Good Ship Union..........

HOPE, JAMES BARRON.

The Oath of Freedom...

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